The Doctor has regenerated and all is not well. Confused, angry and acting strangely, the new Doctor decides to become a hermit, so takes his concerned companion Peri to a desolate asteroid where he plans to live for several centuries.
The time travelers soon uncover a plot that threatens the entire galaxy. But why has an alien gastropod kidnapped twin boys from Earth, and will the Doctor recover in time to find out?
Colin Baker | The Doctor | |
Nicola Bryant | Peri | |
Maurice Denham | Edgeworth | |
Kevin McNally | Hugo Lang | |
Edwin Richfield | Mestor | |
Dennis Chinnery | Sylvest | |
Barry Stanton | Noma | |
Oliver Smith | Drak | |
Helen Blatch | Fabian | |
Dione Inman | Elena | |
Gavin Conrad | Romulus | |
Andrew Conrad | Remus | |
Graham Cole | Jacondan | |
Les Conrad | Mestor's Guard | |
Mike Mungarvan | Jacondan | |
Steven Wickham | 1st Gastropod |
Director | Peter Moffatt | |
Writer | Anthony Steven, Sydney Newman | |
Producer | John Nathan-Turner |
Earth, the future. The genius Sylvest twins, child prodigies, are kidnapped by the mysterious Professor Edgeworth and taken to the planet Jaconda. But who is Edgeworth? Why does he serve the giant slug Mestor? And what is Mestor's plan?
Earth, the future. The genius Sylvest twins, child prodigies, are kidnapped by the mysterious Professor Edgeworth and taken to the planet Jaconda. But who is Edgeworth? Why does he serve the giant slug Mestor? And what is Mestor's plan?
Earth, the future. The genius Sylvest twins, child prodigies, are kidnapped by the mysterious Professor Edgeworth and taken to the planet Jaconda. But who is Edgeworth? Why does he serve the giant slug Mestor? And what is Mestor's plan?
Earth, the future. The genius Sylvest twins, child prodigies, are kidnapped by the mysterious Professor Edgeworth and taken to the planet Jaconda. But who is Edgeworth? Why does he serve the giant slug Mestor? And what is Mestor's plan?